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Government of India

Ministry of Commerce & Industry

11-October-2012 13:03 IST

EXPORTS (including re-exports)

India’s exports during September, 2012 were valued at US $ 23698.30 million (Rs. 129405.75 crore) which was 10.78 per cent lower in Dollar terms (2.28 per cent higher in Rupee terms) than the level of US $ 26561.20 million (Rs. 126520.28 crore) during September, 2011. Cumulative value of exports for the period April-September 2012 -13 was US $ 143675.66  million (Rs 785075.99 crore) as against US $ 154148.82 million (Rs 697699.46 crore) registering a  negative growth of 6.79 per cent in Dollar terms and growth of 12.52 per cent in Rupee terms over the same period last year.

IMPORTS

India’s imports during September, 2012 were valued at US $ 41778.68 million (Rs.228134.59 crore) representing a growth of 5.09 per cent in Dollar terms and 20.47 per cent in Rupee terms  over the level of imports valued at US $ 39756.07 million ( Rs. 189372.08 crore) in September, 2011. Cumulative value of imports for the period April-September, 2012-13 was US $ 232927.13 million (Rs. 1272792.65 crore) as against US $ 243546.21 million (Rs. 1101811.90 crore) registering a negative growth of 4.36 per cent in Dollar terms and growth of 15.52 per cent in Rupee terms over the same period last year.

CRUDE OIL AND NON-OIL IMPORTS:

Oil imports during September, 2012 were valued at US $ 14093.6 million which was 30.74  per cent higher than oil imports valued at US $  10779.5 million in the corresponding period last year.  Oil imports during April-September, 2012-13 were valued at US$ 80783.7 million which was 6.78 per cent higher than the oil imports of US $ 75653.3 million in the corresponding period last year.

Non-oil imports during September, 2012 were estimated at US $ 27685.0 million which was 4.46 per cent lower than non-oil imports of US $ 28976.5 million in September, 2011.  Non-oil imports during April - September, 2012-13 were valued at US$ 152143.4 million which was 9.38 per cent lower than the level of such imports valued at US$ 167892.9 million in April - September, 2011-12.                               

TRADE BALANCE

The trade deficit for April - September, 2012-13 was estimated at US $ 89251.47 million which was lower than the deficit of US $ 89397.39 million during April -September, 2011-12. 

DS

Trade balance trend: deficit slightly narrowed as exports declined while imports rose, altering external trade dynamics. India's exports in September 2012 declined in dollar terms while rising in rupee terms, yielding a lower cumulative export value for April-September 2012-13 versus the prior year; imports rose in September but cumulative imports fell in dollar terms yet grew in rupee terms. Crude oil imports increased both monthly and cumulatively, non oil imports declined for the month and cumulatively, and the April-September trade deficit was marginally lower than in the corresponding prior year period.